Photojournalism and documentary photography share one common goal: to tell the truth. They're two photographic disciplines where creative license gets put to one side, and pure documentation takes the front seat.
It would be unethical to manipulate or stage an image, only to then go on and pass it off as authentic. Sadly, photographers don't always stick to ethics and go their own route for personal gain. . thephoblographer.com
Vanity Fair contributor Joanna Robinson raised the ire of photographers with this tweet regarding an image taken of figure skater Adam Rippon by Getty Images photographer Dean Mouhtaropoulos. Robinson later clarified her position as a misinterpretation, but putting the nuance of language aside, how successful is this image? Oh gosh some people are taking this […] petapixel.com »
2018-02-14 22:30
My name is Sam Vox. I am a freelance photographer from Tanzania. I became a full-time photographer because of my Instagram account. In this post, I’ll share how I grew my Instagram account without using any online services. petapixel.com »
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Several survivors of the October 7 attacks on Israel have sued the Associated Press (AP) for hiring freelance photojournalists who are allegedly "embedded with Hamas." [Read More]
National Geographic's annual "Pictures of the Year" issue is hot off the presses and features 29 of the most incredible and impactful photos of the more than two million shots made by 165 photographers in the field this year. [Read More]
Celebrated photographer Annie Leibovitz has recreated the famous photo of photojournalist Lee Miller in Adolf Hitler's bathtub with the actress Kate Winslet. Winslet stars as Lee in an upcoming biopic. [Read More]
A very big question often is asked in street photography. Should you photograph the homeless? Most street photographers will say that it's against ethics. But there are lots of them who just plain out don't care.
A local San Diego newspaper photographer has donated his entire collection of photographs taken during his career to a local university library. Dan Rios studied photography at a local community college, before working at the Escondido Advocate and the North County Times newspapers from 1968 to 2001. [Read More]
There are some things that I really wish that Leica brought to the Leica SL2s, but I'll admit that they still managed to improve the camera quite a bit. But with firmware 3. 0, they unknowingly created another problem.